Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaMisses and Indigenous Pageants in the Ecuadorian Nation Building
This paper explores the racial, ethnic, and class dimensions of both Miss Ecuador and indigenous beauty pageants. These pageants are suitable for analyzing the persistence of blanqueamiento –whitening— projects in some forms of representation of the Ecuadorian nation. The article opens up a dialogue...
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| Formato: | Revistas |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/222 |
| Sumario: | This paper explores the racial, ethnic, and class dimensions of both Miss Ecuador and indigenous beauty pageants. These pageants are suitable for analyzing the persistence of blanqueamiento –whitening— projects in some forms of representation of the Ecuadorian nation. The article opens up a dialogue among diverse studies on beauty pageants in order to explore the inclusions and exclusions in the mainstream beauty canon and in its alternatives. |
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